A 100% Renewable Grid Is In The Works In Europe
The cleantech and battery storage revolution is demolishing the myth that a very high level of renewables can’t be integrated into the electric grid. In merely two decades, Europe alone will be 90%...
View ArticleLake Turkana Wind Power Generates Enough Electricity To Power 330,000 Homes
In northern Kenya, near Lake Turkana, a low-level jet stream that originates in the Indian Ocean blows across the land year-round making it a perfect place for wind turbines. Which is why 365 of them...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Can Pay For Itself In Health Benefits Alone, Study Finds
A new study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) reveals that states which invest heavily in renewable energy will generate billions of dollars in health benefits in the next decade rather...
View ArticleBernie Sanders To Unveil $16tn Climate Plan, The Most Aggressive One Yet
Bernie Sanders, Vermont senator and Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential elections, has laid out an ambitious 10-year, $16.3tn national mobilization to avert climate catastrophe. He warns...
View ArticleWind Delivers 130% Of Danish Power Needs For The First Time!
Denmark’s transmission system operator Energinet has shared some amazing news about the country’s powers supply – on September 15, wind power supplied more than all of its electricity needs for the...
View ArticleIndia To Build A Huge 105-Megawatt Floating Solar Power Plant
Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd., a unit of Tata Power Co., received an order to build a $49 million, 105MW floating solar plant in the southern Indian state of Kerala, on the reservoir of NTPC Ltd.’s...
View ArticleThe Anti-Solar Panel – A Device That Generates Electricity From Darkness
There are different kinds of solar panels. The one most typically used is a type that generates electricity from the sun through a physical process called the photo-voltaic (PV) effect – when light...
View ArticleSolar Delivers Cheapest Power In Jamaica With Launch Of New Big Power Plant
Paradise Park is a 51.5 MW (Megwatt) PV (photovoltaic) farm based in Westmoreland, Jamaica. Neoen, one of the world’s leading renewable energy independent power producers and the majority shareholder...
View ArticleRenewable Electricity Overtakes Fossil Fuels In UK, A Milestone Towards Zero...
July, August, and September of 2019 represent the first-ever quarter where renewables outpaced fossil fuels since the UK’s first public electricity generating station opened in 1882! According to an...
View ArticleUnilever Announces 100% Renewable Energy Across 5 Continents
Unilever has recently announced that it now uses 100% renewable electricity across five continents! All their factories, offices, R&D facilities, data centers, warehouses and distribution centers –...
View ArticleIndia Cancels Plans For Huge Coal Power Stations Thanks To Record Low Solar...
Leaders in India have turned their backs and walked away from plans of building nearly 14 gigawatts of coal-fired power stations – which is about as much power used in the whole of the UK. The dramatic...
View ArticleIndoor Solar Cells That Can Generate Electricity From Home Lighting
Scientists are coming up with some great solar cell ideas that don’t require the sun! Recently we reported on the anti-solar panel that generates electricity in the dark of night. Now, we’re going to...
View Article3.3 Gigawatts Of Subsidy-Free PV Farms Being Planned By Spanish Developer
Solaria, a Madrid-based developer of solar PV (photovoltaic) energy, says a green balance has been achieved. The company has over 185MW of 100% renewable power projects worldwide, intending to reach...
View ArticleWind Power Could Supply The Whole World’s Electricity 18 Times Over
A wind revolution is bound to happen with today’s bigger turbines, cheapening technology, floating platforms, and green policies, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its latest report. At the...
View ArticleSolar Energy Provides Reactive Power Overnight In The UK For First Time
For the first time in the UK, reactive power services to National Grid ESO were provided (by Lightsource BP) during nighttime hours using solar farm generated power! The historic date was November 4,...
View ArticleTesla To Make World’s Biggest Battery 50% Bigger
What started as a bet between Elon Musk and Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, is about to provide Australia with even more power. Tesla CEO Elon Musk bet Mike that he could build the world’s...
View ArticleDenmark Generated 50% of Its Electricity From Wind And Solar In 2019
Denmark, already a historical leader in the global wind sector, is living up to its position to this day. In 2019, the country generated 50% of its electricity from renewable power sources, 47% of it...
View ArticleMore Power Was Generated By Renewables Than Fossil Fuels In UK In 2019
More power came from renewable sources for the first time in Britain last year. From January through December 2019, the nation got 48.5% of its electricity from renewable energy and only 43% from...
View ArticleThe People of Sanaa, Yemen, Find New Life With Solar Power
Sanaa, the capital city of Yemen, has been stricken by wars that knocked down the power grids. Many people have turned to selling solar panels as a result. One such guy is Ebrahim al-Faqih, who saw an...
View ArticleNew “Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition” Assembled By Offshore Wind...
A new action coalition has been established called the Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition (OREAC) to represent the offshore wind sector and advance the sustainable deployment of all ocean-based...
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